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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the playwright for Morning's at Seven, which the author recalls her mother rehearsing for in Chapter 5?
(a) Edward Albee.
(b) Paul Osborn.
(c) Gerald Kimble.
(d) Wallace Shawn.

2. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Cerebral palsy.
(d) Saint Vitus Dance.

3. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Legerdemain.
(c) Maudlin.
(d) Antagonistic.

4. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) "The Antihero's Journey."
(b) "Sunday Morning."
(c) "A Walk in the Woods."
(d) "The Canary-Colored Caravan of Death."

5. In what year does the author describe the energy crisis and the year-round daylight savings it entailed in Chapter 5?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the author describe coloring the gypsy caravan in the coloring book in Chapter 5?

2. What was Helen Bechdel's maiden name?

3. What color did the author's father fill in the gypsy caravan with in the coloring book in Chapter 5?

4. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?

5. What aromas does the author describe her father having smelled of in Chapter 1?

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